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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1885
Page
3
A period article blends home crafts and women's progress with remarks on lifelong vigor, abolitionists, and Indian policy reform. It cites Boston ladies, urges Congress to assign Indian affairs to women commissions, and surveys spring fabrics and new dress goods including albatross, cashmere, and witty textures for stylish outfits.
In a Boston shop a unique portiere made from dyed wool blanket features chrysanthemum embroidery and lattice cord border. Also shown is a fancy pager box crafted from oval plush panels with ribbons and satin, plus delicate velvet brushes made by rolling hair cloth with scarlet ribbons and decorative bows.
Spring fashion shifts toward combination suits using figured or striped fabrics with plain materials. The season will bring taller crimson accents for the robin, echoing Tennyson’s spring imagery. Redbreast also seeks brightening fixes, tying natural motifs to fabric trends.
A roundup notes Miss Ella J. Dortch as Georgia’s only lady editor, mentions Mrs. C R Whidden’s reappointment at the Maine State Insane Hospital, and cites Mrs. J R Smith as Canada’s first female school trustee. It also references Emma Thursby’s return, Celia Thaxter’s poetry orders, and Miss Nellie Folger’s multimodal success in Augusta.
A reader asks for a reliable method to remove discoloration from porcelain kettles used for sauces and preserves. The editor notes that porcelain-lined kettles brown with use but proper cleansing and boiling water for an hour after each use prevents flavor transfer. Readers are invited to share tips and send correspondence to Editor Woman's Hour, Sunday Globe, Boston.
Housekeepers can renew faded carpets using aniline dyes to achieve solid colors like crimson or blue. Ingrain carpets suit dyeing. avoid extreme cold. Create rag rugs by weaving borders and centers from sewn rags or ROSETTES from carpet scraps. repurpose worn Holland shades by halving and relacing with muslin curtains.
Instructions describe making a decorative table-cover from canton flannel with silk scrap patches, a two-tone screen from an eight horse cover with awning cloth, and a baby carriage afghan in cream wool with crewels. Projects emphasize hand stitching, borders, and simple finishing touches.
Instructions describe using Saxony yarn for woollen items and fine ball cotton for cotton pieces. Begin with cast on nine stitches and follow a multi-row pattern of slips, knits, and knit two togethers, with turns and overs, repeating from the first row after completing twelve rows to form a repeating sequence.
Instructions describe a 24 stitch project with many rows of slips, knits and purls. It includes entries like over and narrow repeats, binding, and guidance on twisting the last stitch to finish. Tips mention creating four stitches from the over three in row one and twisting the under half of the last stitch.
The oldest inhabitant recalls the Wasco county snowstorm starting December 18, with 106 inches accumulated and a final depth near 60 inches. Towns were isolated, Dalles became pivotal, transport halted, and snow shovellers earned a dollar an hour as streets and tunnels formed amid record cold.
Rev Joseph Cook spoke at Tremont Temple about the political idea of the age of Washington and imperial federation. He argued that American political ideas require exalted personal character and warned against degenerate leadership. He cited Britain Canada Australia and India toward a possible imperial alliance modeled on the American Union. He warned that without moral leadership democracy cannot endure and urged reverence for God and law. Also a brief Illinois item reports Henry Digby released after confession by Dick Sinkler to murder to stop a marriage.
In Thomaston Connecticut February 26 a remarkable domestic tale unfolds. A prominent man married a woman who bore him four children. A visiting friend grew to love the wife, and the husband consented to their union and divorced. The wife tends homes for both families, and the two husbands share time with the wife and children, ending in an oddly balanced, reportedly happy arrangement.
Waterbury report notes Rev. John C. St John of Bristol visited blacksmith H. P. Holt to pay for shoeing a horse. Holt, nicknamed son of Vulcan, said he would take the payment in a sermon to target a clergyman whose church he never attended. The plan allegedly led to an upcoming sermon at a later date.
A preacher drew large crowds to Holt's smithy where regular services were set. The old blacksmith was converted and active in zeal. An extensive revival spread among nonchurchgoers, with attendees driving in from surrounding towns as the ceremonies continued.
The Electric Review questions a scientific method for execution using electricity. It notes 1000 volts as a fatal limit and 2300 volts supply for street lamps. It imagines a chair tied to a clock controlled circuit delivering a lethal shock without movement by the executioner.
A description of fashionable crackle glass made by coating plate glass with a fusible flux and fragment glass, heating in a furnace, and cooling rapidly to create a network of fine cracks. It explains protecting areas to form designs and outlines variations for applying the method to glass cylinders with subsequent flattening.
Andrew Crosse showed milk kept sweet by electric action using two porous earthenware vessels with zinc and iron plates connected by copper. Milk stayed fresh for weeks, even in summer, and the process may preserve beer. Galvanic action appears not to harm keeping qualities of liquids.
Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, has sent to the secretary of state a decree from Yucatan offering 20000 to the inventor of a machine that automatically extracts fibre from henequin without skilled labor, is safe for operators, requires less motive force, and increases production. The reward runs three years, then a commission decides merit. rights of ownership and patents remain unaffected.
A historical note argues oil alone cannot soften leather under all conditions. Water must moisten the leather first, then oil maintains pliability with less oil required. Water repels oil, so full saturation aids oil penetration, while wetting at night and oiling in the morning improves belt pliability.
The article warns of dry coal dust explosions in mines and notes flour and candy dust fires in mills as related dangers. It cites experiments in France Prussia and Wales showing coal dust explosions from small cannon ignition and fire damp. It then discusses a London Sanitary Protection Association proposal for a smoke drain test using a smoke rocket to detect sewer defects, with optional wet blanket for increased pressure. Sanitary inspectors are urged to adopt vigilant testing methods in the coming year.
A Storthing member notes his constituents favor granting funds for a new telegraph line because the electric wires are believed to frighten wolves away, despite having no direct stake in the project.
A fragment describes wolves avoiding a telegraph line area since its inception twenty years ago and notes the strange base behavior. It also gives a recipe for an excellent metal polishing pomade using coconut soap, rouge, ammonium carbonate, and water, with directions to mix and set in stoneware boxes.
The French minister of public works releases a hectograph recipe for a gelatine pad using 100 parts glue 600 parts glycerine 25 parts powdered bary sulphate or kaoline and 876 parts water A copying ink from Paris violet aniline is advised To remove old copy add muriatic acid to water wash gently with a soft brush then blot excess moisture.
An article describes applying electricity to the men running fire hoses. A wire runs along each hose segment, carrying current from the engine’s flywheels. A nozzle device allows the engineer to receive signals from the hose crew to start stop or adjust flow via a gong on the engine.
A method to waterproof corks involves soaking in a solution of glue or gelatine in glycerine and water heated to about 60 C for several hours. After drying, the corks are dipped in a melted mix of paraffin and vaseline to render them nearly acid proof.
Clean brasswork soiled by smoke or heat with soda or potash water or lye. Rinse, scrub, then dip in equal parts nitric and sulphuric acids diluted with water. If dipping is inconvenient, apply the acid with a woollen swab on a stick. Leave briefly, then wash, rinse, and polish.
A correspondent describes a simple filtration method using a shallow tipped pan and a heavy woollen cloth that extends to the oil’s bottom and hangs over the pan edge. The cloth, guided by a tin sheet, forms a capillary siphon that filters the oil into a receiving vessel.
A historical note states that cement made with white lead and manganese ore plus white pipe clay and linseed oil varnish costs less than cement using red lead. The comparison lists two recipes: one part white lead, one part manganese ore, one part white pipe clay with varnish. or two parts red lead, five parts white lead, four parts pipe clay with varnish.
Oskaloosa lawyer Liston Mel Millen, visiting Ohio and Chicago, challenges Bob Ingersoll to a Chicago debate. He would argue Christ rose from the dead and that delirium tremens and insanity are demoniac possessions, that the sick can be healed and devils cast out in Christ’s name, and he pledges to heal and drive out devils in Scripture if Ingersoll accepts.
Latrir Rock Arkansas February 26 Mr J K Alwine a farmer and A Mill a lawyer of Atkins Conway county consult Governor Hughes over a growing race conflict. The Mountain Boomers oppose settlement of colored people, with revolver fire and intimidation directed at negro tenants. Leaders Walter Cole and J Strickland were arrested but released amid threats. Fences torn down as threats escalate. Governor Hughes pledges protection and rights enforcement for the colored population.
Charles F Barker announces Barker's American Checker-Player a new 179 page volume in cloth binding featuring twenty two openings and 534 variations plus thirty five critical positions. Wardwell and Spoogss contributed twenty two positions author contact Cambridgeport and Boston addresses. Price one dollar post paid and post orders receive a free issue after three orders.
A chess column fragment discusses positions numbers 1172 and 1173 with players Teatgh Barker and John F Avery and notes by Mr Price. It covers draws and speculative lines including references to grand move ideas, misprints, and opinions by Theodore W Kimley about possible win lines and draw chances. The discussion notes analysis of game 1896 and remarks on white versus black outcomes.
In Gilmer, Braxton and Calhoun counties drought last summer devastated crops. Villages lack food and livestock perish as grain ran out before Christmas. Food is hauled over mountains for up to 100 miles, taking 15 days in some trips. If warm weather does not return soon, many could die amid rising illness.
A Kentucky State Journal note jokes that the well known Farm and Fireside heading could improve only by a playful swap to Farm and Firefront as families sit near the fire, highlighting a lighthearted reader comment about page texture and tradition.
An English servant girl, like every other English woman of 20, has her young man. The remark reflects social norms and expectations of romance among young workers in the period.
Game No 1908 Edinburgh features end games between M Marshall of Boston and A A Killam of Haverhill Mass with several score lines and wins. Position No 1170 and 1171 tasks show Larkin Morrison and Irwin McEntee results. Mr Wyllie arrives in London after three years touring America for checkers.
A historical summary of Bradt the checkers and chess prodigy detailing 258 noted games from 1882 to 1884 across Oshkosh Dodge County Milwaukee and Maine with wins losses and draws totaling 168 27 and 73 respectively. An admirer lauds his rapid mental arithmetic and unbeatable skill at checkers.
Percy Bradt of Omro Wisconsin a boy checker prodigy begins at age nine and has since composed and arranged games and positions published by many checkers players. The piece highlights his skill and reputation as a young champion from Omro near Oshkosh.
A Washington Capitol room preserves every bill report and executive document before Congress in feather bound volumes. The iron corridor archives stretch from roof to basement with original papers pasted inside thick leaves. An elderly man, nearly 70, curates the volumes in a basement room, turning completed works to officials and maintaining a near daily demand for copies of historic documents.
The article explains a retailer practice using ten unrepeated letters as price codes. It details Anchorites and other keywords, the cost versus selling price marks, and a tit-tat-toe numeral system substituting X for zero. It notes humor in customer reactions to hidden price meanings.
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